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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Teaching Gardens, an Active, Healthy Learning Tool

October 23, 2014
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Migdalia Rivera
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Teaching Gardens were designed by the American Heart Association to encourage children. Participating children are fascinated by the gardening process! Unbeknowst to them, they are learning healthy nutrition & learning through school based gardening to connect with healthy foods that help to combat childhood obesity.
 
Nearly one in three children and adolescents in the U.S. is overweight or obese. There is significant research showing the health benefits of gardening and educational programs. The American Heart Association designed Teaching Gardens to encourage healthy diets in young children and to help combat childhood obesity through garden-based intervention programs. Designed for elementary school students, the program includes a curriculum that provides integrated holistic garden-related classroom lessons, a real-life laboratory, and more! 
 

Join @MomsRising, @Prevent_Obesity and @teachinggardens on Friday at 1pmET and follow hashtags #FoodFri and #LifeisWhy to learn how you can integrate Teaching Gardens into your school school and community!

 

To join and follow the conversation on Twitter use the #FoodFri Hashtag in each tweet.

You can also follow the chat on Twubs.com/FoodFri. Twubs allows you to follow MomsRising’s registered hashtags by creating an account. Below I have noted the steps.

  1. Create an account using an email or your Twitter account.
  2. Enter the desired hashtag, #FoodFri, #WellnessWed or #EcoTipTue, in the search box found at the top of the page. Click Enter. A new page will open with the desired chat.
  3. Find the “Join This Twub” button found on the right-hand side bar and join the group.
  4. Adjust the speed of the conversation to your liking. Options are: Fast, Medium, Slow, Slower, or Slowest.
  5. Introduce yourself and join the conversation, by entering your comment, tips, or questions in the “Tweet to #FoodFri as [YourName] box”
  6. Or, respond to a specific tweet by hovering over the right-hand side of the individual’s tweet and selecting one of the icons.

 

More about our #FoodFri Featured Panelists:

PreventObesity.net is the only online national network of people solely dedicated to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic. We connect Leaders across the movement with hundreds of thousands of Supporters in advocacy efforts to implement policies that will help reduce childhood obesity nationwide. A project of the American Heart Association, PreventObesity.net offers free tools, services and support to the people and organizations who are working to ensure children everywhere can eat healthier and become more physically active. For more information, follow Prevent Obesity on Twitter and Facebook. Also, make sure to check out their website, www.PreventObesity.net.

 

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